Horseshoe.



L. WILLETT.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8, 1918.

1,272,591. Patented July 16, 1918.

' 9 I J a vewtoz attoznc 1 LOUIS VV'ILiIIECLT,1 0F ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MARYLAND.

I-IORSESHOE.

Application filed March 18, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs WILLETT, a subject of the King of England, residin at Annapolis Junction, in the county of I oward and-State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Horseshoe, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject-matter of this application is a supplemental horseshoe, adapted to be connected with a horseshoe of ordinary construction to provide an antislipping means, when desired, the construction being suchthat the auxiliary shoe can be'removed at any time-readily and quickly.

The invention aims to improve the means whereby the auxiliary shoe is held on the main shoe, and to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With theiforegoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecom bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in bottom plan a horseshoe whereunto the device forming the subject-matter of this application has been applied;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; V

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4c4: of Fig. 2.

The device forming the subject-matter of this application preferably is made of metal throughout and includes a main member denoted generally by the numeral 1, the main member comprising a toe 2 having upstanding terminal projections 3, a heel 4: and a bar 5 connecting the heel and the toe. There is an opening 6 through the bar 5 communicating with a slot 7 in the forward end of the bar above the toe 2. A locking member in the form of a lever 8 is disposed in the opening 6 of the bar 5 and is mounted to swing, in a direction at right angles to the plane defined by the main member 1, on a pivot element 9 carried by the bar 5 and extended across the opening 6, the forward Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-July 16, 1918.

Serial No. 223,176.

end of the lever 8 being adapted to be received in the slot 7. In the rear end of'the toe 2 there is a forwardly extended recess 10 communicating with a depressed seat 11,

the recess and the seat forming a shoulder 12 having an inclined upper face 14.

The heel a has a longitudinal opening 15 communicating with a transverse guide slot 16. A pivot pin extends vertically across the opening 15 and is mounted at its ends in the top and bottom portions of the heel 4, the pivot pin being denoted by the'numeral 17. In. the top of the heel a, transverse slots 18 are fashioned. a

The numeral 19 denotes, generally, an operating lever having av head 20 and a handle 21. The head20 of the operating lever is located in the opening 15 of the heel 1 and is mounted to swing on the pivot pin 17, the head having arcuate slots 22. Grip bars 23 are mounted to slide in the-guide slot 16 and are provided at their outer ends with overhanging fingers-24. In the inner ends of the grip bars 23 there are fashioned-slots 25 which receive the edges of the head 20 of the operating lever 19. In the extreme inner ends of the grip bars 23, notches 26 are formed, the same being adapted to receive the pivot pin 17 when the grip bars 23 are moved inwardly as far as they will go. Pins 27 are mounted in the grip bars 23 and extend across the slots 25 of the grip bars, the pins passing through the arcuate slots 22 in the head 20 of the operating lever 19 and being received slidably in the slots 18 which are formed in the top of the heel 1. The grip bars 23 and the toe 2 are provided with calks 29 which may be of lever 8 is swung upwardly, the forward end of the lever movlng downwardly and engaging the toe portion of the shoe 28. The operating lever 19 is swung on the pivot pin 17, the arcuate slots 22 in the head 20 of the operating lever coacting with the pins 27 to move the grip bars 23 inwardly until the fingers 24 engage the shoe 28 at the outer edges of the heels thereof. 'When the operat-' ing lever 19 is swung on the pivot pin 17, the

7 ceived in the seat 11, the operating lever lies directly beneath the lever 8. The rear end of the lever 8, therefore, cannot move down- 1 wardly, and the forward end of the lever 8 cannot move upwardly out of engagement with the toe portion of the shoe 28. In view of the foregoing, it will be obvious that the operating lever 19 and particularly its head 20, forms a locking means which holds the lever 8 in position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. I11 a supplemental horseshoe, a main member; a retaining lever lulcrumed intermediate its ends on the main member to swing in a plane at right angles to the plane defined by the main member; and a laterally operating retaining means including an operating lever movable in a plane parallel to the plane defined by the main member, to

actuate 'the laterally operating retaining 7 means, and to assume a position beneath the to hold the latter against tilting movement In a supplemental horseshoe, a main member including a heel, a toe, and a connection between the heel and the toe; grip bars mounted to slide transversely of the main member in the heel and having projections; and'a lever mounted to swing in the heel, the lever having cam parts coacting with the projections to advance and retract the grip bars, the toe having a part wherewith the lever interlocks to hold the lever against swinging movement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto a'lfixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS WILLETT,

Witnesses: r

EDWARD B. GREEN, JOSEPH KAPPER,

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- Washington, D. J. 

